New Challenges and Modern Solutions in Antimonopoly Regulation

The existence and development of a diverse market economy is based on protecting competition, ensuring competitive market relations, and preventing monopolistic activity. In 2024, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. It is difficult to overestimate the antimonopoly service’s importance as a key component of Russia’s public, political, and social life. Over the past 20 years, Russia has created and developed the foundations needed to protect competition: legislation on antimonopoly activities, government procurements, state defence procurements, advertising, trade, tariffs, and foreign investment in strategic industries. Antimonopoly requirements have also been introduced into industry-specific legislation. What challenges do the antimonopoly authorities face today amidst economic transformations and the growing influence of technology and innovation? How effective are the existing antimonopoly response measures, taking into account the experience that the antimonopoly authorities have accumulated over the years of their operation? What prospects exist for the development of new enforcement tools that can increase the efficiency of providing competitive conditions in the Russian Federation and abroad?